Fiscal pro Mallick returning to the Senate

Veteran public fiscal policy adviser, Mary Louise Mallick will be returning to the Legislature on Tuesday to a prominent role for the break-off Democrats.

A product of Republican policymaking, Mallick will become the director of finance for the Senate Independent Democratic Conference. Since 2007, she has been serving as a top deputy of Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli after serving in the GOP-led finance team of then-Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno where she rose to the top post.

Mallick’s second turn in the Senate will require her to work with former colleague Rob Mujica, who runs the finance operation for Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos. Skelo’s conference and the IDC have partnered to split control of the Senate.

IDC spokesman Eric Soufer said he will check on Mallick’s salary but that she will be one of the top officers of the conference, which is led by Sen. Jeff Klein of the Bronx. She had been making $166,188 annually as of 2008 for DiNapoli, but that was trimmed to $162,000. She will report to conference Chief of Staff John Emrick and to Klein.